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Describe an internal control that would prevent an employee from removing a computer and then reporting it as scrapped.
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- Which of the following are typical prevention costs? (Check all that apply.) Multiple select question. Quality circles Statistical process control Depreciation of test equipment Debugging software errorsarrow_forwardInspector expenses and other expenses that are designed to ensure quality or uncover defects are examples of prevention costs. ture or falsearrow_forwardAssuming a lack of internal control in a client's system, the risk of material misstatement is known as? O Inherent risk Client risk O Detection risk O Audit riskarrow_forward
- Which statement about flowcharts is correct? a. They list internal control activities that are present or missing and are easy to understand and use for identifying control weaknesses in the typical processes. b. They visually represent the activities in a business process and are used to easily understand the process using standard notations. c. They show many details of a process in a single diagram that can be used to capture controls via decision points and the manual and automated processes. d. They are simple diagrams showing the sources of data, processes, and data storage that can be used to focus on the data separate from the who processes data.arrow_forwardIn auditing program change control, the IT auditor will: a. Not need to inspect program authorization forms for signatures b. Ensure an organization is following the process described in their documentation for program change control c. Make sure that only computer programmers move their own changes into a production environment d. Make sure that only computer programmers have tested the changes they made to programsarrow_forwardWhen is more frequent monitoring of internal controls not required?* When employees are poorly trained. When the control activity and risk being managed are important. When a department is making changes to an application being used in that department. When internal controls have recently been changed to reduce the frequency of errors.arrow_forward
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